Powder-puff holder and loose-powder container



Feb. 14, 1928.

L. FRIEDBE-RG POWDER PUFF HOLDER AND LOOSE POWDER CONTAINER Filed April6. 1927 INVENTQR ,Zmmid Hex/J0 ATTORNEY WITNESSES Yatentecl Feb. 14,1928.

UNITED STATES" LEONARD FRIEDBEEG, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POWDER-PUFF HOLDER AND LOOSE-POWDER CONTAINER.

Application filed April 6,

The present invention is concerned with the provision of an improvedtype of container for loose powder, and an associated applicator such asthe usual powder puff.

Previous devices designed for this purpose have been for the most partinthe nature of metal boxes. They have not only been awkward to use andrefill, but the ever present danger of spilling the powder has acted asa deterrent to their extensive use. Most of them have been quite liableto the inconvenience of spilling powder about in a handbag while beingtransported, or of spilling powder over the user when the covers areopened. They have been subject to the further disadvantage of requiringthe use of a very small flat powder puif which quickly becomes mattedand unsightly.

In accordance with the present invention, I provide a powder containerand powder putt carrier in the nature of a'bag of the generalenvelope-type, one of the walls of the bag being preferably hollow andserving as a powder container, and the powder puff being carried in themain pocket of the bag and receiving powder through a filter coveringthe opening in the inner face of the hollow wall.

By virtue of this construction, any powder which escapes from the powdercont partment will adhere to the powder puff, and when the puff iswithdrawn there will be no danger of spilling powder about. The powderis maintained in a highly sanitary condition, and the powder compartmentmay be readily refilled.

Among more general objects of the invention may be noted the provisionof a container of the above described character which will be neat andattractive in appearance, simple and practical in construction, rugged,durable and eflieient in use. and well suited to the requirements ofeconomical manufacture and facile manipulation.

With the above noted and other objects in View, the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as will he more fully hereinafter set forth andpointed out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understoodfrom the following description in conrection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the 1927. SerialNo. 181,488.

powder andpowder puii' carrier embodying the present invention with thecrver flap closed.

Fig. 2 is a similar View looking at the opposite side of the bag withthe cover flap folded back and the powder compartment open for filling.

Fig. 8 'is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the line33 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a similar view, but showing the mouth of thepowder compartn'umt folded over and snapped shut. and the flap of thebag also folded over and snapped.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings I have shown a device of the general envelope typeincluding a rear wall 10 and a double front wall 11, 12 connected attheir bottom and side edges to cooperatively define a pocket 13 in whicha powder puff 1 1 may be carried. The two flexible members whichconstitute the double or hollow front wall of the bag are also connectedtogether at their lateral and bottom edges, extending well above the topof the back member 10 as seen in Figs. 2 and 3 and being unconnected attheir top, whereby a receiving mouth 15 is formed, through which loosepowder may be introduced into the compartment defined by members 11 and12. The month end of the wall 11, 12 preferably carries at its outerface a snap fastener element 16 adapted to coact with a mating element17 mounted on the inner face of the wall 11 at a point below the top ofthe section 10. Preferably the upwardly projecting mouth end of thedouble front wall or powder compartment is rolled over twice, and thesnaps 1 6 and 17 buttoned together, as best seen in Fig. 4, so that theescape of powder through the filling opening 15 is prevented.

"Wall 11 is provided with a powder dispensing opening 18 therein coveredbya sheet of gauze or similar filter material 19, so that powder mayescape from the powder compartment on to the puff within the pocket 13.In the ordinary course of handling the container, a certain amount ofpowder may filter on to the putt, or the bag may be lightly tapped tocause passage of powder through the gauze when it is desired to applythe powder.

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v Preferably integrally connected to the upper edge of the rear wall isa flap adapted to fold over the front wall 11, 12 of the-container andcarrying a snap fastener element 21 for engagement with a mating element22 on the outer face of the front J fabric. \Vhen filling the powdercompartment, snaps 16 and 17 are disengaged and the mouth of the powderchamber unfolded to the position of Fig. 2, in which position powder maybe introduced through the filling opening 15, the upper flap portion ofthe front wall 11, 12 is then folded over and buttoned down. \Vhen thedevice is carried in a bag or the like, or in the hand, the

cover flap 20 is ordinarily buttoned down as shown in Fig. l. 7

Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention.Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shallconsider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

An envelope type container including front and rear walls defining apocket adapted to receive a powder puff, and a flap carried by the rearwall adapted to be folded over and secured to the outer face of thefront wall, said forward wall being hollow for the reception ofloosepowder and having a screened opening in its inner face throughwhich powder is adapted to filter to the puff. I

' LEONARD FRIEDBERG.

